Today's News

The Marion County High School Cross Country team is getting used to a new head coach after Sherbie King resigned three months ago. Dallas Robinson is on board and ready to lead the team - who have about 12 runners on the roster.
"My hope is for the team to have fun, make memories and enjoy a sport that they can continue to do in life,” Robinson said. “Running has a way of drawing you in and if you can learn to love it, it stays with you.”
Performance wise, Robinson wants his team to set goals among other things.

Seventeen seconds in, LaRue County had already scored, returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
They were just getting started, racking up 42 first half points and blowing past the Marion County Knights 49-8 Friday evening on John J. Boswell Field.
"We went up against a very good opponent," Marion County Head Coach Allen Harmon said. "They have a lot of seniors, 22 I think, and they are very athletic."

From its humble beginnings in a little Pennsylvania town in 1939, the Little League Baseball program has grown from a group of just three teams originally located in and near Williamsport, Pennsylvania to include nearly 200,000 teams, in all 50 U.S states and in more than 80 countries.

Marion County lost more than its season opener against the Ft. Knox Lady Eagles on Aug. 16.
Madi Hardin suffered a rolled ankle 20 minutes in and Katie Beth Brady suffered a minor injury also in the Lady Knights' 4-1 defeat to Fort Knox on Elmer J. George Soccer Field. Marion County Head Coach Daniel Johnson expects Hardin to be out for around two weeks though he said Brady was most likely going to be available for Marion County's next game today against John Hardin.

The Marion County Knights traveled to the Campbellsville Country Club on Thursday to take on both the Campbellsville Eagles and the Washington County Commanders in a boys-only match, putting up a solid performance as the Knights defeated both teams. Marion County shot a 175, Campbellsville shot a 188 and Washington County shot a 189.
Ethan Spalding and Bryce Spalding both led the Knights with a 42.

Julie Carrick, Catholic recording artist and radio personality is coming to Lebanon for a “catechetical artistry” mission event at St. Augustine Catholic Church at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30.

Gospel group ‘Driven’ will perform
New Beginnings Community Church, located at 8876 Perryville Road, between Springfield and Perryville on Highway 150, would like to welcome everyone to their Youth Center for Sunday Morning Worship on Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. where the gospel group “Driven” will be playing and ministering.

Kentucky opens the football season Sept. 2 at Southern Mississippi with high expectations after a 7-6 season and bowl bid last year. The Wildcats have been picked as high as third in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division by some college football analysts.
Kentucky coach Mark Stoops has said he expects the team to be better, and his players agree.